For Windows Vista; Control Panel; Windows - Page 123

Troubleshooting and routine maintenance

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The network scanning feature 
does not work.

The network PC Fax Receive 
feature does not work.

The network printing feature does 
not work.

(continued)

For Windows Vista

®

 users:

a

Click the 

Start

 button, 

Control Panel

, 

Network and Internet

, 

Windows 

Firewall

 and click 

Change settings

.

b

When the 

User Account Control

 screen appears, do the following.

„

Users who have administrator rights: Click 

Continue

.

„

For users who do not have administrator rights: Enter the 
administrator password and click 

OK

.

c

Make sure that 

Windows Firewall

 on the 

General

 tab is set to On.

d

Click the 

Exceptions

 tab.

e

Click the 

Add port...

 button.

f

To add port 54925 for network scanning, enter the information below:
1. In 

Name

: Enter any description, for example “Brother Scanner”.

2. In 

Port number

: Enter “54925”.

3. Make sure 

UDP

 is selected. Then click 

OK

.

g

Click the 

Add port...

 button.

h

To add port 54926 for Network PC Fax, enter the information below:
1. In 

Name

: Enter any description, for example “Brother PC Fax”.

2. In 

Port number

: Enter “54926”.

3. Make sure 

UDP

 is selected. Then click 

OK

.

i

Make sure that the new setting is added and is checked, and then click 

Apply

.

j

If you still have trouble with your network connection such as network 
scanning or printing, check 

File and Printer Sharing

 box in the 

Exceptions

 tab and then click 

Apply

.

Your computer cannot find your 
machine.

<For Windows

®

 users>

The firewall setting on your PC may be rejecting the necessary network 
connection. For details, see the instruction above.

<For Macintosh

®

 users>

Re-select your machine in the DeviceSelector application located in Macintosh 
HD/Library/Printers/Brother/Utilities or from the Model pop-up menu of 
ControlCenter2.

Network Difficulties (Continued)

Difficulties

Suggestions